![]() ![]() He often says the first syllable of a sentence, pauses for several seconds, and then restarts. Go compund his staggering failures of pronunciation (which you will encounter every few minutes for the duration), he also stutters through the book like Captain Kirk with his brain set to stun. He is unable to pronounce dozens of relevant words, mangling well know names so badly they are not recognizable, butchering place names, and at times even stumbling over basic vocabulary to render comprehension difficult. LibriVox’s volunteers are more consistent. ![]() The narrator for this audio book, however, is by far the worst I’ve ever heard in an audio book. A distinguishing feature shows in the moments where small jokes and levities of the individual soldier and squad are sprinkled in to highlight the human experience of the war. ![]() It covers in detail the events of the war with the same piercing insight and level of research one finds in other great works about war such as The Guns of August. ![]()
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